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How big can Fox's "Empire" get? That's a question everyone in the TV industry is asking these days. A soapy epic of an ailing hip-hop mogul (Terrence Howard), his flashy ex-con wife (Taraji P. Henson) and their backbiting family, "Empire" just keeps expanding in the ratings. Wednesday's episode drew 13.9 million total viewers, making it easily the most-watched program of the night as well as the highest-rated in all key demographic groups, according to Nielsen. Among viewers ages 18 to 49, the category most closely watched by advertisers, "Empire" did a 5.4 rating. That's twice the audience for its lead-in, the veteran singing contest...

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How big can Fox's "Empire" get? That's a question everyone in the TV industry is asking these days.
A soapy epic of an ailing hip-hop mogul (Terrence Howard), his flashy ex-con wife (Taraji P. Henson) and their backbiting family,...

Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez has put her work-live estate in the gated equestrian community of Hidden Hills up for sale at $17 million.
The more than three-acre spread centers on a 17,129-square-foot mansion with views of the San Gabriel Mountains and...

Viewers of “The Americans” know that it’s best not to get in Elizabeth Jennings' way or she may give you a trip to the dentist.
But in Wednesday's episode of the FX drama, it was Elizabeth (played by Keri Russell) who needed an appointment.
As if...

Miley Cyrus' family home in Toluca Lake is on the market at $5.995 million.
Although the singer-songwriter-actress hasn't lived there in recent years, the more than half-acre property recalls teenage years spent lounging around the swimming pool or...

Scarcely have the holidays departed, the last bite of figgy pudding or sip of egg nog cycled through our system, the last present sorted for use or reuse, than the winter television season comes crashing down upon us, laden with gifts of its own. Yes,...

"What is this? We 'King Lear' now?" asks Jamal Lyon (Jussie Smollett), the middle son of music tycoon and former recording star Luscious Lyon (Terrence Howard) in the opening episode of "Empire," a sparkly, sometimes-soulful new...

Denny Miller, a noted UCLA basketball player in the 1950s who dropped the sport to play the title role in the 1959 movie "Tarzan the Ape Man" and went on to appear in "Wagon Train" and numerous other TV shows, died Tuesday at home in...

Cheng Pei-pei has put down her swords.
The ballet-trained actress came to fame in the 1960s as the "Queen of the Swords" in Hong Kong kung fu classics such as 1966's "Come Drink With Me" and 1969's "Dragon Swamp" as well...

In the demonology of the left, the Koch brothers are the archfiends.
Fabulously rich, instinctively private — "secretive," their enemies say — espousing libertarian convictions and with a determination to reshape America to fit their...

Turner Broadcasting is getting a makeover.
For years, the parent company of cable channels TBS, CNN, TNT, Cartoon Network, HLN and TruTV was one of the more stable and low-key units of Time Warner Inc. Based in Atlanta, Turner seldom gets as much...

TNT is going "boom!"
At a dual upfront presentation with TBS on Wednesday, the cable network unveiled a programming slate for the 2014-15 that will shift to focus on young-skewing, action-packed dramas reminiscent of summer blockbusters.
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Next summer on TNT will likely look quite a bit like this summer as the cable channel announced on Friday that it has renewed three of its summer dramas. "The Last Ship," "Major Crimes" and "Falling Skies" all will return for...

Times and tastes have changed since "Dallas" first aired more than 30 years ago.
On TNT's reboot of "Dallas," now in its third season, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) uses language that would never have passed the censors on the original...

Actor Larry Hagman’s top-floor penthouse in Santa Monica has sold for $5 million. It was listed at the beginning of the year at $5.2 million.
The two-bedroom, three-bathroom pied-a-terre is in a 10-story building constructed in 1963 and includes 3,029...